He will soon be showing in the film Magnificat, with Karin Viard, in the role of a bishop. But it is one of his first characters that François Berléand came to present, with carte blanche, at the famous Cannes Film Meetings. In Cuddly souls, a comedy by Thomas Bardinet which dates from 2001, the actor played Jacques, a painter without money coupled with an incorrigible flirt. Character traits that are not so far removed from reality.
Before, I was a bit like that, flirtatious flirtatious
Married three times, father of four children, François Berléand has actually rolled his bump. “Before, I was a bit like that, flirtatious flirtatious, he assures in the columns of the newspaper Nice morning. In a restaurant, I pretended to sit down at the next table of a pretty young girl and I asked her ‘I can’ while pretending to take a chair, but when she said yes, I would then sit on it. to start the conversation!“It’s another facet of his personality, however, which he has ceded to certain members of the family: his legendary clumsiness.”Like him, I’m a huge blunderer, he recalls. And unfortunately I passed the gene on to two of my daughters.“
The 69-year-old comedian did not, however, reveal a name. Companion of Nicole Garcia for twelve years, he has been in a relationship with the actress and novelist Alexia Stresi since 2004. After meeting her on the set of the film let’s wander in the forest, he had, with her, twins, Adèle and Lucie, in December 2008. He is also the father of two other children, Martin, born in 1979, and Fanny, born in 1983, without the branches of this family tree not being be clear to everyone. Grandfather since 2013, François Berléand now ensures that blunders do not extend over three generations …
Find the interview with François Berléand in the Nice-Matin newspaper on November 23, 2021.